Mark Oliphant
Sir Marcus 'Mark' Laurence Elwin Oliphant, AC, KBE, FRS (8 October 1901 – 14 July 2000) was an Australian physicist and humanitarian who played a fundamental role in the first experimental demonstration of nuclear fusion and also the development of the atomic bomb.
During his retirement, Oliphant was appointed as the Governor of South Australia by Queen Elizabeth II on the advice of Premier Don Dunstan. He assisted in the founding of the Australian Democrats party, and he was the chairman of the meeting in Melbourne in 1977 at which the political party was launched.
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